Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ACIvIIes O The following is reprinted from a story written by Gary Bullis of the University of Nevada chapter of Blue Key and brought to our attention by USC Blue Key president Roy Lucas. "The personnel manager looked up from the folder that he was hastily scanning as the next candidate walked into his plush office. "As the young, well-groomed man came in he broadened his smile as he said, 'Sir, I am Joe College and I have come to be inter viewed today because I want to be an execu tive with your company. I know that to do this requires hard work but I'm willing to try.' "Joe sat down in a massive leather chair as the personnel manager returned to the folder on the desk. 'Mr. College, I see from your university transcript that your grades were poor. How do you explain this?' "Joe tried to appear nonchalant as he lit the wrong end of his filter cigarette and ad justed the loop on the back of his weejuns. "'Well, sir, I was very active on campus and these activities took up most of my time. But my participation in college politics has given me a storehouse of knowledge that will stand me in good stead wherever I go. I chose your company to work for because these experiences at the University gave me the background to be the type of executive that is characteristic of your organization.' "The personnel manager smiled as he said, 'I see from your records that you took many courses that in my time called were Basket weaving or Creative Sand Pile.' "Joe's boyish grin faded as he said, 'But don't you see that I had to have enough time to participate in the activities? Furthermore, I wanted to develop into a well-rounded individual. It is generally understood that there is too much emphasis on courses. Leadership is the ultimate goal. And I, Sir, am a Campus Leader.' "The personnel manager smiled sadly and said as kindly as he could, 'Joe, maybe you had better go back to college for an advanced degree.' "Joe College left the office a confused man. Later, he would rationalize that the personnel manager was a misfit who was no doubt re - Letters to Problems, I "De-Eye-Sore"? a great deal w; Dear Editor: cheering, or rati Now that a multi-million dollar by Carolina stu building project has given to the games. student body the benefit of new I believe tha dorms, and increased facilities in nmester we s biology, history, engineering, and thoughts toward other departments, I would like to son, discuss the suggest one more construction: a action now to new language department. the problem. Often have I heard the venera- Please permit ble firetrap that houses classes in several suggesti all foreign languages referred to might promote as "Dc-Eye-Sore," and its classes and louder cheer labeled such things as "Stair 0 That all fr< Climbing 133." to sit in a res The registration day mobs there section and to were the closest thing to a student caps. riot that I have ever seen at Caro- 0 That new, lina. I am happy for those students would be more s who have been blessed with new and huddle per facilities for their particular stud- the cheerleaders ies, but DeSaussure is a building e That a C used by all students at one time or "Fight Song" 1 another. sibly through a It is time that this old veteran petition, led b; be allowed to pass to the Happy and sororities, a Registration Grounds and be re- as soon as poss placed by a spacious new build ing. Sincerely,____ Jim Boylston RE January 30, 1963 Dear Editor: Dear Editor: I hope that it The newspaper strike hasn't for a faculty n (unfortunately) brought us a great some reactions profit. . . . We did a daily edition phasis Week. Ti for two weeks just prior to our of the talks but Holiday Vacation. I've sent you a on some ideas t copy of our Holiday Supplement by Dr. Wedel. issue which came out the last I attended 1 Thursday before Christmas. Since sessions at the the University gives us our budget first two meetir we can't sell our paper. But it filled -- which wouldn't have made much differ- a large audien< ence since New Yorkers are a sessions were at strange breed of animal. We dis- two-thirds full, tributed free copies throughout the the whole, the a Greenwirh Village and Times good. Square areas and on many in- The general stances, we were refused. It Walls in Our L. seems that people are afraid of ment, Dr. Wede anything for nothing. of knowledge a: We couldn't pick up much reve- to show that wi nue from additional advertising men from one a due to our relatively small circula- from one anothe tion . . . around New York now, by the impact anything is read! So if you've got truths set forth anything, regardless of length, of Nazareth.. please send us a copy. brought out the Sincerely, may exist betwe David E. Hubler the world provik Co-Editor in Chief dedicates his life Square Journal Christianity. The New York University was dliscuslsed ar Editor's Note: Things are bad true Christian all over, needs of those to friends and a School Spirit -even on a coIl Dear Editor: The treatment Duringr the past football sanson tween the churcl Academ1s? lated to the president of the company. Much later, if at all, he might resort to some self analysis. "Joe College is a hypothetical person, but he is similar to many people who, like Joe, are striving desperately to take a short cut to leadership. These people will flatter, threaten, or become violent as they grasp at the illusive quality of leadership. They don't care if they are good leaders. They haven't even thought about where to lead after they become leaders. These people simply want to worship a golden idol - leadership. "In his address before the Pacific Student Body Presidents' Association Convention Dr. Milton Mayer presented the idea that: 'If the young gentlemen and ladies achieve leader ship by their own efforts in this life, they will probably do so by flattery and cunning.' "He then related the following factual episode: 'Recently I gave a fellow by the name of Bob a ride home. He thanked me by saying that I had given a ride to the future president.' "When I showed surprise, he laughed, 'It is my ambition to be president of the Student Body. I plan to join the right fraternity, date the right girls, and belong to the right organizations. If I play my cards carefully, I will be the president.' "Looking at his athletic poise, wavy hair, and natural friendly smile, I replied that if he did as he planned he probably would succeed. "Then I asked him why he wanted to be the president of the students. "He replied, 'I want to prove to myself that I can be a leader.' "I then asked, 'When you are a leader, what will you do? Where will you lead?' "He was silent for a few seconds and then he gave an answer that would be expected from Joe College, 'I hadn't really thought about it, I just want to be a leader!'" In over ten company interviews this year not. one company representative has men tioned campus activities, but each one has first commented on grades. Scholastic attainment should precede a role of leadership on this campus and others. the Editor laces, Plans is said about the brought out the fact that the first ter the lack of it, three centuries saw no organized dents during the church. The speaker emphasized the fact (luring this se- that over the world the wall that iould turn our has blended the hungry, the under the coming sea- privileged, and uneducated is be problem, and take coigtasaetndlwrd ttempt to resolve Teecniin fteudr me to introduce mayfrsscashltpob >ns which I feellesecnmcpoes,adre more enthusiasm lrblmastemssracfo ing at the games: acag ntelvlo iesad 'shmen be required ad.D.Wdlhlsta y erved, "freshman" nmcCrsint utices wvear their "rat" igycnenisl ihti ec plecial cheers, thatleemas.Soecnndtt uitable for timeout thmasmvenofheudr 0(ds, he addedl to prvlg(ovrte ath u "pool" of cheers. wih niprac n te arolina Gamecock wrdpltclo oilmvmn e composed, pos- -icungCmns. campus-wide comn the fraternities Ishlcocueteebera ad adopted for use bymtetmn.Ihiktwoh ible.whlthtorsuetbealed Respectfully, ug( u o eurd-t Fred Payne herteeottniglarsn Weekth stdnshv coefm is not out of place Crln hudecuaetesu ember to express (enstmauendlfthi to Religious Em- viinisprtamterashy is is not a review beoetandiohrfils some observations iat were presented I svr itet xetta he four morning phssWebecthotya Armory. At the ttlo wnymnts ueyn gs, the house was tececolaruthtisub represented quite jetmteisournthaa ce. The last two toaoftetmiusculnt tended by a house b ie ahya rmasnl 1 should say. On cls.Cranyatchrhod tendance was very bewligtslglycralu theme was "The pratpormfrtesuet yes" In his treat- jutocayer brought a wealthP.KSmt id rich experience lIs which separate nother and groups r may be removed of the universal so fully by Jesus . f .lie speaker ~WN fact that no wall INVREYO en the church and Mn1ao io [ed each Christian Ja~ 0198wt personally to real 1dte l.ca.dIpbi wall of loneliness UnwriyoSog alnackl d the fact that a Teoiin psdho must sense the ncaafyeoco Te(me less fortunate as ~ Cnttt nednmn.1 >cial opportunities EIO age campus. of the wall be- MA GIGETO anhhaisinBslNESS MhAhngreudr If Birds Come, Can Spring Be Far Behind1 USC's ONE of the problems facing col leges and universities over thi nation is that of burgeoning en rollment. The added strain on - in many cases - already inade quate physical plants is causing i quiet, but nonetheless far-ranginl change in the face of education. Case in point: The University o South Carolina. A RECORD number of USC stu dents faced suspension, an( the "petitions" committee, whici hears or passes on each case ul for re-admission, re-instated only 36% of the students suspended. Private institutions of highe] learning have adopted the simples answer: Admit fewer students This easy way out is denied state-supported college, because o the commitment to provide op portunity for sons and daughter of taxpayers. Since most of thes commitments are defined by law a state-supported college is ham. pered in selection procedures, an( must provide opportunity for all A ND here the key word is "op portunity." Educators hav begun to re-evaluate the word op. portunity, and are making it easy to lose that opportunity. For ex. ample, tighter regulations at USC have resulted in a complete revi. sion of what constitutes a "full' course load. A student has ful: time status if he takes 12 semes ter hours per semester . . . de spite the fact a student taking "full load" wvill take approximately ten semesters to graduate, instea< of eight. Coupled with stiffer academic standards which effectively reduc. the number of upperclassma: "survivor s," the University has in trodlucedl a sliding scale of grade point ratios which must spiral up wvard . . . or the student goes out ward. TJHE "Gentlemen's 'C' " is o its way out . . . and perhap, good riddance. Dean William Pat terson prodluced three points which, if they had been enunciate< to the public even a decade age would have earned him a storm o criticism for being too rough oi the "struggling youngsters." Per haps the most newsworthy notei that they have caused hardly a rip p)le in the outside world, and pu~ into wordls what many frustrate< p)rofessors have ached to say These three points are: * Students knowv at the outse that they must perform satis factorily if they are to remai: at the University. * When a student's work begin to slide towvards failure, he ha prompt andi positive notice tha he must improve. (A parenthet ical note . . . the use of th word "positive" receives th "Understatement - of - the Year" award.) * If a student is unable or un DR A GREATER SOUTH CAROLINA ateed Coflegiate Pres. SRobert Elliott Conzales as the fhlee ved byand for the stuenCts of the inations. umnists and tlte, write.s are ae@ ock." "The cemeeH" encour.s.s ser mnust be si ned. Publiahin3 does ie righat to itor withhold frm JTOANN COKER DENNIS MYERS 7MHILY nEDnru " e 2~ , -Dave BIE hanging willing to meet standards for in graduation, he is identified of sooner than in the past, with to . . . improved opportunity to co change into more suitable pur- w] i suits. to IT becomes apparent that since be state-supported colleges can't as make it tough to get in, they're va going to make it tough to stay . .. and this is as it should be. A college degree is just as subject to of S.C.'s - OUTH CAROLINA is ill. In this day of the miracle drug it is unfortunate that there is no of panacea for the affliction which th has disabled the state's political di< structure and paralyzed its citi- by zens. se: The disease is apathy. H< [T is accompanied by the side- ho - effects of antiquated thinking, po lack of courage, and unwarranted afi conservatism. Though it is obvious mi that the disorder is dangerous to pr the operation of the democratic re] system, the politicians and citi- sh zens of this state, like many other patients, have ignored the dangers ca and continued to aggravate the ba infection. les While all of the blame should "si not be laid at the feet of our re: political leaders, they must never- tw theless accept some of the re- foi sponsibility for our present posi- es, tion. Elected by a poorly educated sti and unconcernedl constituency, they the become part of a political process mi which is too frequently stagnant wIl and immobile. the .THEY see that South Carolina 1 i, n efet,governedl hy a I "little group of willful men" who . control the purse strings of the ar< state, thus having the command to mi render both the Governor and the fe General Assembly powerless. As the ..a result, the South Carolina poli- Th tician quietly acquiesces to the the j "establishment." He knows that to an ,(do otherwise is to sever his politi- te' f cal neck and destroy all hope of Po serving his constituents in even to -the most limited capacity. th It should he obvIous that this is the .a system which needs some correc ttion, if not a complete alteration. m< Yet, where is South Carolina's Bob Ca .LaFollette ? Where is the muck- foi raking press to inform the citizens at tof the injustice of state law and to .expose the elements which retard sei our progress? ter s s Univer: HjMIS is an Academic Dean. Hie m< I is dloing a splendid job. He is col .doing a job on one of the other co -(deans right now. ler Deans are like feudal lords. Every dean has a fief, and each (lean hopes to enlarge his own. This leads to many tournaments of (leans. T HE crucial tournament is the annual battle of the budget. It is fought largely with memo randa. This (dean is writing a memorandum that shows why a large share of another dean's bud get should be transferred to this dean. The other (leans are in their castles wvriting similar memoranda. D)eans get in shape for the big contest, and guard against flank attacks from department chair men, hv contriving other toa M5X 4 dsoe - Academ flation as a dollar bill, and one pr< the myths that already has a ad< e-hold in our society is that a fac liege degree - no matter from are ere or in what - is necessary prc success, per se. This has never the en true . . . and the sheepskin wh a status symbol has dubious fir; ,lue to society. WROFESSIONAL educators are ste learning that there is a law ful diminishing returns in building con -Hayes Mizell Illness ... A pERHAPS the key to reform be lies in improving the quality dat our political candidates and are eir campaigns. Our political can- nee lates excuse their stump oratory stit explaining that in order to zen rve one must first be elected. Thi >wever, this statement does not pul Id true for the South Carolina Te liticians who usually fail to serve sel ter they are elected (though we the sst recognize that under our inci esent system they can neither the present nor serve as they lit ould). Le But in order to be elected the fan pable and intelligent candidates "p( se their campaign on meaning- wvh s issues which are considered Sot ife" and noncontroversial. As a fou ult, it is not unusual to have nat o or three candidlates wvho run of the same political office and ouse the identical line from theA imp. This is grossly unfair to 3 voter. Too frequently he is sta sled to choose the personality did 0o has most effectively mastered as 3 techniques of the demagogue. svOl or iUT the people themselves can- sar not escape their guilt. They lati also at fault for failing to de- A md more of the candidate. Too woi v people belong to or align of amselves with political parties. of ey fail to take an active role in are a democratic political process, tra d a large portion of the regis- wh *ed voters never make it to the mo; Ils. It is the duty of the citizen to be aware of the candidates and sue e issues (however superficial hov~ 3y may be) in the camp)aign. apa 'ters should certainly demand Sot >re than the assurance that Joe ic ndidate is against Communism, -education, andl worships weekly ern First Church Christ Economist. offi The political campaign should for 'v to inform as wvell as to en- not 'tain the public. This should also or -First in Series sity Types: I mnts during the year. This is ac- for mnplished by appointing faculty the mnmittees to study various prob- the ns. soo ANY of the problems do not '1 Aexist until a committee is ran eve fac / ". )Y can 4,.t liin to ou>apspyia t X iltie.Ne bulig,hwvr no paac frepaso l ec h sue tsiutcm Gamecock Photo by Anon.) ic Role igrams. True, we badly need litions to our campus physical ilities. New buildings, however, no panacea for expansion blems. The students who use se buildings, and the professors teach the students must come It. ser scho we've made our first in the right direction. Hope ey, there are many more to ie. athy the responsibility of the candi mi How many South Carolinians aware that we desperately vea revision of our state con ution? That 24th of our citi s are functional illiterates? it South Carolina has no com sory school attendance law? t h4% of the South Carolina ctive service registrants fail mental test? That the average me for teachers is $3,760 and median income for South Caro families is $3,821 (economist wa H. 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